Koji Yakusho: Saju & Astrology Reading
Actor · Born 1956-01-01 (public profile · birth time unknown)
Ding Mao (丁卯) Day Master · An acting life built entirely on expression and absorption, with no rival stars and no wealth stars in sight.
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The Four Pillars (Saju)
Five-Element Balance
Notable Stars (神煞)
Red Beauty — a quiet, seeping allure — deeper and subtler than Peach Blossom
Supreme Ultimate Noble — a foremost benefactor drawn by the heavens — a way opens where things were blocked
Canopy Star — a star of art and spirit that deepens in solitude — loneliness and creation paired
Peach Blossom — a star of magnetism — a placement that catches the public eye
General Star — a commanding star that leads the group
Resentment Star (怨嗔) — a friction pair where expectation and resentment grow together — managing distance is the task
Branch punishment — 子卯 punishment — branch pressure that asks for discipline, repetition and self-control
Sukuyo — 27 and 28 Lunar Mansions
The 27-mansion value is the natal lodge; the 28-mansion value is the lodge assigned to the calendar day. Only the calculated mansions are shown here, without adding a personality claim.
Luck Timeline (Saju)
Ten-year major cycles and annual cycles computed from the public birth date (as of 2026).
Only degree-checked contacts between slow transiting planets and natal personal planets are shown for 2026.
- “Attraction Deepens” — Transit Pluto crossing natal Venus — a long backdrop where bonds & values meets the theme of deep reshaping (orb 5.9°)
- “Appetite for More” — Transit Jupiter facing natal Venus — a long backdrop where bonds & values meets the theme of expansion (orb 1.3°)
The timeline shows calculated shifts and planetary contacts; it does not fix a specific event in advance.
Birth Chart — the same person, read in Western astrology
Birth time is not public, so houses, the Ascendant, and precise Moon aspects are omitted; only non-Moon planetary positions and aspects are shown.
Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Leo.
Birth time is not public, so houses, the Ascendant, and precise Moon aspects are omitted; only non-Moon planetary positions and aspects are shown.
Saju × Astrology — the Combined Reading
Koji Yakusho won Japan's top acting honor, the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor, for both Unagi and Shall We Dance?
Start with the pillars, elements and birth chart below. The prose is best read as a plain-language explanation of those repeated structures, not as a verdict.
Full interpretation
Koji Yakusho won Japan's top acting honor, the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor, for both Unagi and Shall We Dance? , shared the Gotham Award for Best Ensemble with the cast of Babel in 2006, and in 2023 claimed the Best Actor prize at the 76th Cannes Film Festival for Wim Wenders' Perfect Days. A career built on presence rather than star wattage lines up oddly well with his chart: no Peer or Wealth stars appear at all. It is an acting life built purely on Output stars (expression) and Resource stars (absorption).
His Day Master is Ding (Yin Fire) seated on Mao (Wood) — a small flame resting on a fresh green shoot. The Month branch's energy runs strong, shaping a drive toward authority and momentum, while Peer and Wealth stars are entirely absent and Output and Resource stars each appear twice, pulling his energy away from rivalry or possession and toward expression and absorption. The Day branch Mao and Year branch Wei form a partial Wood combination suggesting deep-rooted growth, but the Month branch Zi also clashes with Mao (a 'disrespect' punishment) and with Wei (a harm and a hidden-resentment opposition). It's a structure where sensitivity and steadiness keep grinding against each other in close relationships — tension that seems to have been channeled instead into an unusually fine-grained read on the characters he plays.
Sun and Mercury both sit in Capricorn, matching the measured, unshowy discipline behind decades of craft, while Venus in Aquarius and Mars in Scorpio add relational distance and obsessive follow-through. The tightest link in his chart, a 0.5-degree Saturn square Pluto, points to a recurring pull toward roles about authority, control, and the depths — echoed by a 1-degree Uranus square Neptune hinting at tension between generational sensitivity and dreamlike imagery.
"A Ding Mao Day Master with no rival or wealth stars, built on expression and absorption alone — all the way to Cannes."
Structure-by-structure reading
Branch Relations
Mao and Wei form a partial Wood combination pointing to deep-rooted growth, while the Zi-Mao punishment and Zi-Wei harm/opposition reveal quiet friction in close relationships.
Guardian Spirits
Red Glow, Grand Ultimate Nobleman, Canopy, Peach Blossom, and General stars converge, blending public magnetism, solitary devotion, leadership, and turning-point luck.
Twelve Life Stages
Cap-and-Sash in the Year, Extinction in the Month, Sickness in the Day — a rhythm of bold starts, quiet breaks, and hard-won reserve.
Natal Aspects
A 0.5-degree Saturn square Pluto leads, joined by Uranus-Neptune, Jupiter-Neptune, and Neptune-Pluto links spanning reality and illusion.
Natal Placements
Restrained Sun and Mercury in Capricorn, independent Venus in Aquarius, and obsessive Mars in Scorpio — emotion held back translates into performances that hit deeper.
This reading omits precise house placements and Moon aspects since Koji Yakusho's exact birth time isn't public, and it draws on confirmed data only — it is for reference and does not predict real events or the future. His current major luck cycle, Xin-Si, runs from 2024 to 2033 (ages 68 to 77), marking a period where long-accumulated momentum shifts into a new phase.
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FAQ
Even without the hour pillar, the six known characters carry the main structure — the day master, day pillar and elemental balance. Areas governed by the hour pillar (such as late-life currents) are simply not read, and this page follows that rule.
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